vĕternus, a, um, adj. [vetus], of great age, old, ancient (only post-class.).
I Adj. : rupes, Fulg. Myth. 1 praef.: silentia, Prud. Cath. 9, 68.—
II Subst.: vĕter-nus , i, m. *
A Old age , age , Stat. Th. 6, 94.—
B Old dirt (post-Aug. and very rare), Col. 4, 24, 6; Ap. Met. 9, 13, 10.—
C Lethargy , somnolence (as a disease of aged people).
1 Lit.: num eum veternus aut aqua intercus tenet? Plaut. Men. 5, 4, 3.— Of the deep , long sleep or torpidity of bears, Plin. 8, 36, 54, § 127.—
2 Trop., drowsiness , dulness , sluggishness , sloth (freq., but not in Cic.), Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6, 4 (cited ap. Cic. Fam. 2, 13, 3); Hor. Ep. 1, 8, 10; Verg. G. 1, 124; Cat. 17, 24; Col. 7, 5, 3; 7, 10, 4; Ap. Flor. 3, p. 357.